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Historic Earthquake
1920 Mexico Earthquake
3 January 1920 · Veracruz, Cozautlan · Mexico
On 3 January 1920 at 21:48 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Mexico (Veracruz, Cozautlan). It occurred on the North American Plate, 431 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 648 people and injured 167.
- Date
- 3 January 1920
- Time
- 21:48 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 648
- Injuries
- 167
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Mexico
- Nearest Volcano
- Pico de Orizaba (41 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20172017 Central Mexico Earthquake · M 7.1369 deaths
- 19991998 Acatlan · M 7.020 deaths
- 19801980 Oaxaca Earthquake · M 6.4300 deaths
- 19731973 Veracruz Earthquake · M 6.2527 deaths
- 19591959 Coatzacoalcos Earthquake · M 6.925 deaths
- 1937Central, Puebla · M 7.234 deaths
- 1928Oaxaca · M 7.8
- 1908Guerrero · M 8.1
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth